Hatchet



('No Modei.)

J. U. SCALES.

HATGHET.

No. 516,772. Patented Mar. 20, 1894.

flzior UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. SCALES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HATC H ET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 516,772, dated March20, 1894.

Application filed April 14, 1893. Serial No. 470,387. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN C. SCALES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Hatchets,of which the followingis a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a claw, which will be adaptedto readily grasp anail or the like arranged in such convenient positionas to enable the end of the hatchet to be used as a fulcrum point inextracting a nail, together with the head having its outer accordancewith this invention, showing its corrugated end provided with the smoothexterior surfaces. Fig. 2 represents the end View of a hatchet and Fig.3 is a View of its driving face.

Referring to the drawings, Fig.1 designates a hatchet constructed in theusual manner and having the blade serrated or indented in manner asshown at 2 and 3 to provide a suitable claw, adapted to receive the headof a nail extracting openings.

nail and to securely hold the head of the same during extraction. Thesides of the claw may vbe so adapted that the head of the nail willconverging or parallel or they may be provided with any desired formadapted to receive the stem of the nail between them and to engage thesame. Fig. 3 represents a view of the head of the hatchet constructedwith the corrugations 6 extending across the center of the facespecially adapted for driving nails in combination'with the smooth outersurfaces 7 and 8, which while not interfering with the driving blowprevent the champing of the barrel hoops, which it is obvious wouldensue if the entire surface was corrugated.

What I claim is 1. A hatchet having its blade provided near its innerside edge with one or more shallow 2. A hatchet having its driving faceprovided with'a corrugated central surface and plain side surfaces saidsurfaces being parallel with the handle of the hatchet.

JOHN 'c. SCALES. Witnesses:

- A. G. SCALES,

STEPHEN DOYLE.

